Grow With the Snow

Chen Chen used to be a veterinarian in Yanqing, a suburban district in northwest Beijing, the city that is going to host the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 together with Zhangjiakou in Hebei Province.

When China won the bid for the Winter Games in 2015, Chen’s enthusiasm for winter sports was ignited. He developed an interest in skiing and bought the entire paraphernalia, including a helmet and a ski suit. Then he went to a local ski resort to have his first go at skiing.

It was a disaster and he often fell but he didn’t